The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

